american basketball players
Wilbert Frazier
1942 births | african american sportspeople | american basketball players | houston mavericks players | new york nets playersWilbert Frazier was an American basketball player.
Frazier played college basketball at Grambling State University.http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=407
Danny Finn
1928 births | american basketball players | philadelphia warriors players | st. john's red storm men's basketball playersDaniel Lawrence Finn (born May 27, 1928) was an American professional basketball player. Finn played three years for the NBA's Philadelphia Warriors. He attended St. John's University.
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Antonio Graves
1985 births | american basketball players | galatasaray basketballers | living people draft = draft_team = draft_year = career_start = 2002 former_teams = Pittsburgh University (2002-2006)
Pau Orthez (2006-2007)
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Antonio Graves (born 17 April 1985), is a American professional basketball player of Galatasaray Café Crown.
Rory White
african american sportspeople | american basketball coaches | american basketball players | college basketball players | los angeles clippers players | milwaukee bucks players | people from tuskegee, alabama | phoenix suns players | san diego clippers players | small forwardsRory Wilbur White (born August 16 1959, in Tuskegee, Alabama) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'8" (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) forward, he played collegiately at the University of South Alabama. He was selected with the 17th pick of the fourth round of the 1982 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. 1982 NBA Draft, basketballreference.com He averaged 11.7 points and 0.99 steals per game with the Los Angeles Clippers in 1985-86, arguably his best season.
He is now an assistant coach for the Clippers under head coach Mike Dunleavy.
Dorie Murrey
african american sportspeople | american basketball players | baltimore bullets players | detroit pistons players | detroit titans men's basketball players | portland trail blazers players | seattle supersonics players | small forwardsDorie S. Murrey (born September 7 1943) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'8" (203 cm) 215 lb (97½ kg) forward and he played collegiately at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has played in the NBA from 1966 to 1972. He was originally selected with the second pick in the 2nd round of the 1966 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons. 1966 NBA Draft, basketballreference.com He was taken in two expansion drafts. In 1967 he was made available by the Pistons to be selected by the Seattle SuperSonics, and in 1970 he was made available by the Sonics to be selected by the Portland Trail Blazers. All-Time NBA Expansion Draft Results, NBA.com He was traded 3 games into the 1970-71 season, on October 10, 1970, by the Trail Blazers to the Baltimore Bullets in exchange for a 1971 2nd round draft choice (Rick Fisher). Dorie Murrey, Blazers History During his five-year NBA career Murrey averaged 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 357 career games.
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James Earl Ray (basketball)
american basketball players | living peopleJames Ray (b. 27 July 1957) is an American former professional basketball player. After playing college basketball at Jacksonville University, he was drafted fifth overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 1980 NBA Draft. He subsequently played three seasons for the team, appearing in 103 games and finishing with career averages of 3.4 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. Moving to Europe, he went on to play professionally in Italy, Spain and Turkey.
Post-career
In 2001, Ray was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis.http://www.nba.com/news/rayoflight_070501.html Due to his failing health and financial challenges, the NBA's retired players association provided him supporthttp://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/050207/spj_167008224.shtml. In 2008, Ray received a transplant, soon after receiving a diagnosis of having three months to live without one. The likelyhood of receiving a transplant had been rated poorly, due to his need, at 6'9, of receiving lungs from a person taller than 6'5.http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/061508/spf_290969987.shtmlAdam Emmenecker
1985 births | american basketball players | drake bulldogs men's basketball players | living people | people from saginaw, michigan | point guards Adam Cannata Emmenecker (born December 3 1985 in Saginaw, Michigan) is an American basketball player, currently a senior point guard at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. During the 2007-08 basketball season, Emmenecker emerged from obscurity to lead his Drake team to a sweep of the regular-season and tournament titles in the Missouri Valley Conference, and received numerous honors for his performance as both a player and a student.
High school
While at Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, Emmenecker was a two-sport star, starting and captaining the basketball team for three years and earning all-league honors twice in baseball. His high school basketball statistics were those of a pass-first point guard—8.4 assists per game as opposed to only 4.7 points per game. He also averaged 5.9 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game. In his senior season of 2003-04, he led his team to a 22-2 record and a ranking of 25 in that year's final USA Today national high school basketball poll. Emmenecker was an honorable mention all-state player in Michigan's Class A, and was also named Hill High's outstanding graduate of 2004.Darnell Jackson
1985 births | american basketball players | kansas jayhawks men's basketball players | people from oklahomaDarnell Jackson is an American college basketball player who plays for the Kansas Jayhawks at the position of forward. He did not become a regular starter until the 2007-2008 season, when he replaced Sasha Kaun in the starting lineup. Jackson, who did not begin playing basketball until the ninth grade http://kuathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jackson_darnell00.html, has been called one of the most improved players in the nation http://www.athlonsports.com/college-basketball/12788/hoops-notes-emotional-season-for-kus-jackson for the 2007-2008 season. He has attracted some attention from NBA scouts after several breakout performances, including a 25 point, 9 rebound effort against Boston College. After this performance, he was named the co-winner of the Phillips 66 Big XII Player of the Week. http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010708aaa.html
Isaac Fontaine
1975 births | american basketball players | living people | memphis grizzlies players | people from sacramento, california | shooting guards | washington state cougars men's basketball playersIsaac Henry Sedric Fontaine IV NBA Development League: Isaac Henry Sedric Fontaine IV (born April 16 1975, in Sacramento, California) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'4" (193 cm) 210 lb (95 kg) guard and he played collegiately at Washington State University. He has played in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2001-02 season, playing six games. The following season, in 2002-03, he played with the Mobile Revelers of the NBA Development League.
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Taj Finger
american basketball players | living people | stanford cardinal men's basketball playersTaj Finger is a basketball player who currently plays for Stanford University.
At Stanford, Finger plays forward. In 2005-06, he was a Second Team All-Pac-10 Academic honoree and in 2006-2007, he was a Second Team All-Pac-10 Academic selection.
